The moon is helljohn w. campbell
The moon is hell
by john w. campbell · first published 1951
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…science", but the prose has not aged well and I find them difficult to read now. I feel a little sad about that. I can still recommend Smith's The Skylark of Space and Skylark Three, and Campbell's The Moon is Hell, but not much else.
on “Beginnings of Science Fiction” ↗…writer, from classics like 'Who Goes There?' and 'Cloak of Aesir', to the almost-forgotten 'All'. There was a big fuss over Andy Weir's 'The Martian', but everyone seems to have overlooked Campbell's 'The Moon is Hell!' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_Is_Hell!). Buzz Lightyear's catchphrase 'To Infinity and Beyond!' - Campbell wrote it first ('The Mightiest Machine', 1947)!
on “The Making of Future Man: On Hugo Gernsback (2017)” ↗